5pm, Saturday May 1st, 2010, Tehran, In front of the Ministry of Labor
Workers, Teachers, Students, Nurses, Working Men!
Men, Women and Freedom-loving Public!
This year, International Labor day on May 1st is the day to combine our democratic and liberal, economic and political demands.
Without collaboration between our economic demands through the power of our class and liberal and democratic demands, our protests are will only serve as tools to empower other wings of capitalism. The concept of economic equality and social-political equality is meaningless without one another. This year, on International Workers’ Day we are protesting against poverty, inequality, low wages, unpaid salaries, lack of job security, elimination of subsidies, political and social repression and the suppression of human dignity.
On Workers’ Day of of 1389/2010 (Saturday, May 1st), the most important desires and demands of the public and especially those of labor workers as listed below, are included in our slogans. We will put all of our efforts to propose these demands not only on the day of this event, but at any time, anywhere.
1 – We demand the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners (including worker prisoners and teachers, students, child rights activists, journalists) and all prisoners of conscience and as well as those imprisoned following recent events. Protest and freedom of expression are among the basic and inalienable rights of the people. All judicial sentences for political-social activists and workers are to be cancelled and prosecution against them ceased.
2 – Freedom of expression, association and assembly and the freedom to strike. We will not stop fighting for the freedom to exercise these rights.
3 – The determination of 303 tomans as a minimum wage by the Supreme Council of the labor, when the poverty line as announced by several official institutions is 900 tomans, is a sign of the endless thirst of a capitalist system to exploit more workers and wage earners to maximize profit. We want the minimum wage to be announced by the representatives of independent worker organizations and their independent association based on a dignified and humanitarian life.
4 – We gather against anti-human and barbaric profit based plans and removal of subsidies (to targeted subsidies) that is nothing but complaisance to serve the interests of domestic and global capitalism, and will not stop any strike and protest and are inviting the public to protest against these anti-humanity class actions.
5 – We emphasize the necessity of providing retirees with the basic needs for a dignified life, and want the elimination of all modern slavery and its methods, including the signing of blank contracts and temporary contracts.
6 – We want all members of society to benefit from free education, health and public services.
7 – We are in solidarity with other social movements like women’s and children’s rights movements and the student movement, and consider any offense towards them, an attack towards workers movement and an invasion of human dignity of the majority of our society.
8 – We support migrant workers, including Afghan refugees in Iran, and count ourselves in the international fight in support of the needs and demands of all workers of the world. We also ask that May 1st be recognized as a national holiday without restriction on ceremonies of all kind on this day.
Long live international solidarity of the working class -5/2/89
(1may1389@gmail.com) Cermonial Workers’ Day Council – 89 years
The Ceremonial Worker’s Day Council celebration of 1389/2010 in terms of facilities while inviting other individuals and groups whom had suggested other places due to delay in announcing the program and lack of cohesion for a predetermined program, announces that we workers, independent of any demands and programs affiliated with any political group will come together with our slogans on Saturday, May 1st, and shout our demands.
International Workers’ Day celebration: Tehran, 5 pm, Freedom Street, in font of the Ministry of Labor, followed by a march towards Revolution Square, (crossing Khosh St., Rudaki St., Navab St., Eskandari St., Jamalzadeh St.) and in other cities in front of work places and at times determined by workers themselves.
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